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his relationship with egypt, assert his new role in the region. that's why he sent his prime minister to gaza. you're seeing more foreign dignitaryies visit gaza than has in the last four years. >> eliot: is there anything that he could really do? >> it's really striking that obama has taken the tone he has. before you pointed out that the british have said don't have a ground invasion. obama has not said the french work with qatar which is not--obama has been completely in their corner. why. he is not running for office. he doesn't need the jewish vote. he needs to build up credibility with israel as he understands now that he didn't in the first term if he is going to work with them iran, or, i assume he's workingthinking about reconstituting the peace process. >> i think you that's absolutely right. very insightful. >> is hamas proxy for iran. >> no, it's operating on its own and its getting more support. four years ago it's support came from syria and iran. now it has turkey, qatar it's less dependent on iran than it ever has been. >> eliot: u
his relationship with egypt, assert his new role in the region. that's why he sent his prime minister to gaza. you're seeing more foreign dignitaryies visit gaza than has in the last four years. >> eliot: is there anything that he could really do? >> it's really striking that obama has taken the tone he has. before you pointed out that the british have said don't have a ground invasion. obama has not said the french work with qatar which is not--obama has been completely in their...
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, which are very significant because egypt is the lead, there is no one else, its egypt which is the lead with hamas. the u.s. is talking to the palestinians via egypt. obviously, israel is at the table with the egyptians. and we're hearing from the israelis as well that possibly they will be ready to announce some kind of cease-fire not far from now. that's consistent to what we have been hearing over the last several days. president netanyahu has said they would rather see this resolved diplomatically. they were pushing for the success of the diplomatic track while all the time preparing the military track at the same time in parallel in case the diplomacy didn't work. it seems to me particularly having told me earlier today, officials, that this was on hold, any kind of ground offensive to give diplomacy a chance to work, it seems that something must be coming to a head because secretary of state hillary clinton is on the way, as you say. she will be meeting. maybe there will be an announcement when she meets with prime minister netanyahu this evening here. >> it will be a late ni
, which are very significant because egypt is the lead, there is no one else, its egypt which is the lead with hamas. the u.s. is talking to the palestinians via egypt. obviously, israel is at the table with the egyptians. and we're hearing from the israelis as well that possibly they will be ready to announce some kind of cease-fire not far from now. that's consistent to what we have been hearing over the last several days. president netanyahu has said they would rather see this resolved...
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palestinians are allowed free entry into egypt a lot easier a long time brocade of gaza and seen as cairo under its new islam is president of warming to. russia and iran the world this is ours he was me thanks for joining us first a string of coordinated bomb attacks no wrong have paid more than a dozen cities and killed over a hundred people who was to violence in the country since the u.s. troop withdrawal the blasts were mainly targeting security forces and government officials and shiite neighborhoods that offensive occurred only days after al qaida announced a major comeback in iraq. looks at what they say means for the country and the whole region. the self-appointed leader of the iraqi branch of al qaida abu barker all baghdadi has announced the resurgence of terror in the country and clearly indicated there is more to come moreover he dedicated more than half of his online speech to the uprising in syria they happen to be staunch supporters of the rebels they are various organizations are pointing at the expansion of terrorist networks in syria which effectively fuels civil war th
palestinians are allowed free entry into egypt a lot easier a long time brocade of gaza and seen as cairo under its new islam is president of warming to. russia and iran the world this is ours he was me thanks for joining us first a string of coordinated bomb attacks no wrong have paid more than a dozen cities and killed over a hundred people who was to violence in the country since the u.s. troop withdrawal the blasts were mainly targeting security forces and government officials and shiite...
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and egypt's president morsi is promising action. mideast presidential adviser ambassador dennis ross will join me. democratic women on the hill are firing back on their assault of susan rice. congressman bass will join me about that. chris christie and cory booker gearing up for a battle. is what drives us to broadcast the world's biggest events in 3d, or live to your seat high above the atlantic ocean. it's what drives us to create eco-friendly race tracks, batteries that power tomorrow's cars, nearly indestructible laptops, and the sustainable smart towns of the future. at panasonic, we're driven to make what matters most better. just another way we're engineering a better world for you. some people put everything intotheir name on the door, and their heart into their community. small business saturday is a day to show our support. a day to shop at stores owned by our friends and neighbors. and do our part for the businesses that do so much for us. on november 24th, let's get out and shop small. >>> hi, everybody. good morning. i'
and egypt's president morsi is promising action. mideast presidential adviser ambassador dennis ross will join me. democratic women on the hill are firing back on their assault of susan rice. congressman bass will join me about that. chris christie and cory booker gearing up for a battle. is what drives us to broadcast the world's biggest events in 3d, or live to your seat high above the atlantic ocean. it's what drives us to create eco-friendly race tracks, batteries that power tomorrow's...
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egypt case in point. i think this is a crisis and an emergency and we all hope that out of this can come not just a short-term cease-fire but an opportunity. i don't get the sense that that's there. the best case is to put things back and be look around for opportunities to get the process back on track. >> and to both of you, if there's ever been better evidence that life changes very quickly, take a look at the fact that the life can be a roller coaster that only days after or months, perhaps less than a month after he had secret service protection and entourage also we have seen that he's pumping gas, learning how to pump gas i guess or we'll assume he knew how to pump gas, but we've had a number of pictures of him at disney land on the roller coaster with his boys. >> look -- >> who -- sometimes people can lose a presidential election and continue to be a really phenomenal force in their party and in politics. i don't think this is going to be the case with mitt romney. he lost this election as you sa
egypt case in point. i think this is a crisis and an emergency and we all hope that out of this can come not just a short-term cease-fire but an opportunity. i don't get the sense that that's there. the best case is to put things back and be look around for opportunities to get the process back on track. >> and to both of you, if there's ever been better evidence that life changes very quickly, take a look at the fact that the life can be a roller coaster that only days after or months,...
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but now there are countries of equal importance, syria, egypt, iran, saudi arabia. everybody now has a big thing happening in their country. does that put more pressure now on the leaders of israel and the palestinians to come together and bang their heads together, get a deal done? >> i think so. the world focuses more on 130 palestinians killed, half of them terrorists, than 30,000 syrians, most of them civilians, killed by the assad government, and focus has been taken away from iran, which poses the greatest exstential threat, to the whole region this is a good time to sit down, try to negotiate what everybody knows would be the best solution for both parties it will not solve the hamas/gaza problem. but we can address the west bank problem. >> everybody seems to be nodding. a good moment to leave this for now. thank you, all, very much indeed. >> thank you. >> right back after a short break. e a lot of money. but today...( sfx: loud noise of metal object hitting the ground) things have been a little strange. (sfx: sound of piano smashing) roadrunner: meep meep.
but now there are countries of equal importance, syria, egypt, iran, saudi arabia. everybody now has a big thing happening in their country. does that put more pressure now on the leaders of israel and the palestinians to come together and bang their heads together, get a deal done? >> i think so. the world focuses more on 130 palestinians killed, half of them terrorists, than 30,000 syrians, most of them civilians, killed by the assad government, and focus has been taken away from iran,...
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into the tunnels through egypt. that is not new. the nearly three years that i was there, that was a constant subject of discussion and controversy. this is a vast territory, much of it desert. not well policed and governed. a lot of competing local interests. those are contrary to those in some cases here. egypt is under taking a major role here and how they are able to succeed in that goes a long way to how the process goes forward. >> this may be a dumb question, when you are in these rooms, is there yelling or arguments or is it calm and rational? >> in my case, almost all of the di discussions were with one side at a time. there were few occasions of raised voices. the two did not come together. when we did have the brief meeti meetings between the prime men ster and the president, they were tense and straight forward. they made their points both sides. it will be some time before you get a representative in the same room. tough enough to get them in the same room with the palestinian authority which i say is c
into the tunnels through egypt. that is not new. the nearly three years that i was there, that was a constant subject of discussion and controversy. this is a vast territory, much of it desert. not well policed and governed. a lot of competing local interests. those are contrary to those in some cases here. egypt is under taking a major role here and how they are able to succeed in that goes a long way to how the process goes forward. >> this may be a dumb question, when you are in these...
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a bloody offensive seize key regional player egypt cutting off its diplomatic ties with israel and it's speculation that the flow of islamic fighters could soon head into gaza. and rising up against austerity millions of europeans sign up for block wide action against cuts with mass protests provoking the very heavy arm of the little. live from our new center here in moscow this is r.t. with international news and comment twenty four hours a day israel has launched a deadly military offensive against gaza with fighter jets and warships attacking the occupied territory the operation began with the airstrike assassination of the military leader of hamas the palestinian group pledged to open the gates of hell in return ation well for more let's now cross live to tom barton he's in tel aviv so tom what can you tell us at this stage. well the situation down on the south in the south of israel and also in gaza continues to escalate the moment israeli jets are still drawing sites throughout gaza twenty sites specifically mentioned by israeli defense sources they say they want to destroy terror
a bloody offensive seize key regional player egypt cutting off its diplomatic ties with israel and it's speculation that the flow of islamic fighters could soon head into gaza. and rising up against austerity millions of europeans sign up for block wide action against cuts with mass protests provoking the very heavy arm of the little. live from our new center here in moscow this is r.t. with international news and comment twenty four hours a day israel has launched a deadly military offensive...
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egypt's role in the u.s. dominated the overall capitalist economy or a break with u.s. interests in the middle east that u.s. remains the dominant power it's trying to maintain dominance in the new situation with new tactics in the wake of the arab spring as people are rising up against the old order of the u.s. who. in their grip on this region. now disturbing developments out of israel where a man had set himself a fire trying to protest in tel aviv this was as thousands of israelis had gathered for a nationwide demonstrations to mark a year since the start of the live meant for social justice there now the video they are about to see they are watching now is footage of the incident the protester torsion self after leaving reportedly a suicide note and a demonstrator had not died he is now being treated for injuries and a hospital according to activists. who joined us earlier from the heart of the. protest she says that the movement in israel will not die out until citizens see quote real change. other than. who are held by the government or completely cosmetics their
egypt's role in the u.s. dominated the overall capitalist economy or a break with u.s. interests in the middle east that u.s. remains the dominant power it's trying to maintain dominance in the new situation with new tactics in the wake of the arab spring as people are rising up against the old order of the u.s. who. in their grip on this region. now disturbing developments out of israel where a man had set himself a fire trying to protest in tel aviv this was as thousands of israelis had...
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he made this remark when he said hey, look, egypt of today is not the egypt of yesterday. the arab world of today is not the arab world of yesterday. but i think there are some real limits as well on the egyptians. one thing that we have to say since we're really beginning to talk about diplomacy, our president is in, i think, now in cambod cambodia. he has with him his secretary of state and his national security advi adviser. it's a remarkable development. when you ask, what is the role of the united states in this crisis, you are always told oh, they're on the phone. so it is phone diplomacy for the united states, and that's about all. >> reporter: ann marie slaughter, do you agree with that? should the u.s. be doing more here? >> well, at this point, it's not really clear what the u.s. can be doing because although the egyptians and the turks and the qataris all have a big incentive to see a cease-fire that lasts, and i think the u.s. does, too. none of us can want it more than the israeli and the palestinians do. you can't create a settlement unless the principles act
he made this remark when he said hey, look, egypt of today is not the egypt of yesterday. the arab world of today is not the arab world of yesterday. but i think there are some real limits as well on the egyptians. one thing that we have to say since we're really beginning to talk about diplomacy, our president is in, i think, now in cambod cambodia. he has with him his secretary of state and his national security advi adviser. it's a remarkable development. when you ask, what is the role of...
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the increased islamist influence in turkey and egypt. historically they have had a fairly decent working relationship between their militaries. a lot of the changes in domestic political structure in turkey have favored the rise of islam. so turkish military is no longer cooperating as closely with israel as they once were. that the same time we've seen te rise to power in egypt, that does not bode well for the future of egyptian israeli relations. the last one i want to make, in her introduction you said it is always about the money. the best way to do this conflict is a new front, economic front opened by the iranians against the israelis. manufacture rockets for about $1000 apiece. it cost the israelis 50,000 50,000-$100,000 to shoot these rockets down. every is under pressure from the sanctions against them, they're applying pressure against israel by supplying massive quantities of low-cost rockets. melissa: so how does that play out from their? who runs out of money first? >> it is bad news for israel. 50, 60 years ago the israelis
the increased islamist influence in turkey and egypt. historically they have had a fairly decent working relationship between their militaries. a lot of the changes in domestic political structure in turkey have favored the rise of islam. so turkish military is no longer cooperating as closely with israel as they once were. that the same time we've seen te rise to power in egypt, that does not bode well for the future of egyptian israeli relations. the last one i want to make, in her...
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egypt's role in the u.s. dominated the all capitalist economy or a break with u.s. interests in the middle east the u.s. remains the dominant power it's trying to maintain dominance in the new situation with new tactics in the wake of the arab spring as people are rising up against the old order of the us to. maintain their grip on this reach him. welcome back you're with our t. man an unfortunate development that we're following a man has apparently set himself a fire during protests in tel aviv this is as thousands of israelis gathered for a nationwide demonstrations marking a year since the start of a movement for social justice there now the video that you're seeing right now footage of that incident this is as the protester torsion self after apparently leaving a suicide note he is now being treated for injuries in a hospital now according to an activist. who joined us earlier in the program speaking from the heart of the protest she said the movement is not going to die out until israelis see real change. all the decisions and the committees who are held by th
egypt's role in the u.s. dominated the all capitalist economy or a break with u.s. interests in the middle east the u.s. remains the dominant power it's trying to maintain dominance in the new situation with new tactics in the wake of the arab spring as people are rising up against the old order of the us to. maintain their grip on this reach him. welcome back you're with our t. man an unfortunate development that we're following a man has apparently set himself a fire during protests in tel...
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egypt then and now took the lead in negotiating. the circumstances, though, are quite dramatically different in a geopolitical sense now. israel wants to stop the rocketing. clearly a desirable objective from their standpoint. and they want to make it to try to deter future action by making this punishment severe but what they don't want to do is lose egypt. a high strategic value to israel is its peace treaties with israel and jordan and -- >> very difficult for president morsi. >> very difficult. >> he's in a very, very difficult position. he's obviously trying to not alienate the americans and the israelis, but at the same time, he's very aware of a lot of rising anger amongst the arab community about what is going on there. >> that's right. every leader in this conflict and in this region faces competing pressures. for morsi, it is just the ones you described. they are the muslim brotherhood. hamas is an offshoot. mubarak opposed and severely contained the muslim brotherhood. morsi is now part of them or they are part of their e
egypt then and now took the lead in negotiating. the circumstances, though, are quite dramatically different in a geopolitical sense now. israel wants to stop the rocketing. clearly a desirable objective from their standpoint. and they want to make it to try to deter future action by making this punishment severe but what they don't want to do is lose egypt. a high strategic value to israel is its peace treaties with israel and jordan and -- >> very difficult for president morsi. >>...
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egypt is playing a pivotal roll and it could give us insight as to what egypt is or is becoming. >> that's right. there is a question of trust and they do trust the new president. he is a member of the muslim brotherhood. that has lead to questions of trust. and also the fact that it has appeared that egypt in the fledgling government has been helping to insight violence in the region and not actually stop it. but what is interesting, it is amazing how a billion dollars in aid -- u.s. aid can get one's attention. you can see him playing a constructive role two days after threatening them. >> egypt, watch what you do and how do you it. you are teetering with the congress with your aide being cutoff if you keep inciting violence between the israelis and the palestinians. >> and interesting because it was just two months ago where president obama basically said he is not sure egypt is now an ally. here we are two months later. the president was on the phone with president morsey three times in the last 24 hours. they are enough of an ally that the president clearly needs them and relying on e
egypt is playing a pivotal roll and it could give us insight as to what egypt is or is becoming. >> that's right. there is a question of trust and they do trust the new president. he is a member of the muslim brotherhood. that has lead to questions of trust. and also the fact that it has appeared that egypt in the fledgling government has been helping to insight violence in the region and not actually stop it. but what is interesting, it is amazing how a billion dollars in aid -- u.s. aid...
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but the region around egypt it will prevent for instance egypt for maintaining security in the sinai which may force which may force reactions from the israelis it might be the only way but for the purposes of the debate that we're having which is are we seeing signs of a democratic transition and are we seeing signs that egypt has what it's going to take to successfully navigate a transition it's possible as stephen says but all of the evidence and all of the indicators go the other way now yes the transition is still young and so on and so on but there is deep suspicion that for the week between the end of the election and the announcement there were deals between there were discussions between the military hierarchy and the muslim brotherhood are a hierarchy and very importantly by the way not with morsi who does not lead the movement in a way that would allow him to have led those discussions and there is evidence that they're going to. get out of time if you see even the last word is democracy advancing or retreating in egypt. real quick it's still too early to say but listen th
but the region around egypt it will prevent for instance egypt for maintaining security in the sinai which may force which may force reactions from the israelis it might be the only way but for the purposes of the debate that we're having which is are we seeing signs of a democratic transition and are we seeing signs that egypt has what it's going to take to successfully navigate a transition it's possible as stephen says but all of the evidence and all of the indicators go the other way now...
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remember, gaza shares a common border with egypt and it's a very important connection. so you get the egyptians, you get the turks, the qataris, maybe the saudis to weigh in and the israelis to provide the space and time to allow this diplomacy to take hold, and maybe, although nobody ever lost money betting against arab-israeli peace, maybe, just maybe, you can get out of this. >> aaron david miller. thank you, sir. >> always a pleasure, don. >>> cyberspace is part of the israel-hamas battleground. ahead, how both sides are pushing their messages on twitter and other social media. two years ago, the people of bp made a commitment to the gulf. bp has paid over twenty-three billion dollars to help those affected and to cover cleanup costs. today, the beaches and gulf are open, and many areas are reporting their best tourism seasons in years. and bp's also committed to america. we support nearly 250,000 jobs and invest more here than anywhere else. we're working to fuel america for generations to come. our commitment has never been stronger. >>> i want you to take a look
remember, gaza shares a common border with egypt and it's a very important connection. so you get the egyptians, you get the turks, the qataris, maybe the saudis to weigh in and the israelis to provide the space and time to allow this diplomacy to take hold, and maybe, although nobody ever lost money betting against arab-israeli peace, maybe, just maybe, you can get out of this. >> aaron david miller. thank you, sir. >> always a pleasure, don. >>> cyberspace is part of the...
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egypt is run by the muslim brotherhood. although the prime minister stepped in, he stepped in calling israel the aggressor. turkey has turned in another direction against israel. >> it called israel terrorist state. >> there are new challenges and i do not know which way this is going to go. >> if you look at this over the long span of the last 20 to 25 years, everything that charles says in some respects has merit. but you can onto this one step at a time -- cannot do this one step at a time. at first, israel did not want to negotiate with the plo and viewed them as the worst of the worst. now they are the better part of the equation. now they will not negotiate with hamas. hamas is being pressured from more radical elements. each time you refuse to make a deal with people you detest, there is somebody worse. the arab community is a different community, and the pressure is coming much more ardently in that direction. >> the relationship between the u.s. and israel will not change. what has changed is what colby address, an
egypt is run by the muslim brotherhood. although the prime minister stepped in, he stepped in calling israel the aggressor. turkey has turned in another direction against israel. >> it called israel terrorist state. >> there are new challenges and i do not know which way this is going to go. >> if you look at this over the long span of the last 20 to 25 years, everything that charles says in some respects has merit. but you can onto this one step at a time -- cannot do this...
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they didn't say egypt. they obviously have to use egypt because egypt is in control. that is remain -- it remains up in the air how much egypt will do. that will determine if there is a renewal of the war. what is important is a complicated game for netanyahu. he was under pressure from the israelis in the south and from the seasonals who were mobilized, had to leave their jobs. he decided he wouldn't, a political hit. he did it to tell obama i will tellp you out and go easy and pull back. he understands that the big game is iran. he doesn't want to blow his relationship with obama over this. >> shannon: they also said part of this is israel will stop the targeted assassinations. we haven't heard israel say they would agree with that. having taken out hamas' leader not that long ago. >> that is the goal. it's potent for israel should it strike around is a looming question. over this military operation. they are not going to agree -- under any term of the deal to ever say oh,, it's not going to take out the most powerful people. of course they are. they are trying to t
they didn't say egypt. they obviously have to use egypt because egypt is in control. that is remain -- it remains up in the air how much egypt will do. that will determine if there is a renewal of the war. what is important is a complicated game for netanyahu. he was under pressure from the israelis in the south and from the seasonals who were mobilized, had to leave their jobs. he decided he wouldn't, a political hit. he did it to tell obama i will tellp you out and go easy and pull back. he...
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he was investing a lot of his own capital with president obama was in this new partner in egypt. pete: speaking of key players, can you tell us about secretary clinton's role in all this and how that's played out? >> they were on their last buddy-buddy trip, president obama and secretary clinton and in bangkok together and visiting the reclining buddha. they were making jokes about the 2016. and joe biden's head was exploding back here. and suddenly she's on a plane zipping out of phnom penh to say we're on our way and directly involve ourselves in this. she has not played this shuttle diplomacy role in the middle east quite the way that some of her predecessors had, right? obviously kissinger and jim baker and condi rice to various stents have been these -- back and forth missions. this is her first one in her own twilight days as secretary of state. she's getting ready to step down come inauguration in january. >> and what do you think the relationship between obama and morsi tells us about the future for the region? >> well, they see this as a possible key to beginning to unlo
he was investing a lot of his own capital with president obama was in this new partner in egypt. pete: speaking of key players, can you tell us about secretary clinton's role in all this and how that's played out? >> they were on their last buddy-buddy trip, president obama and secretary clinton and in bangkok together and visiting the reclining buddha. they were making jokes about the 2016. and joe biden's head was exploding back here. and suddenly she's on a plane zipping out of phnom...
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both talk to egypt. egypt now is the middle man. is clinton -- what is secretary clinton hoping to achieve in her talks with morsi? right now, we're only dealing with the cease-fire, really no long-term solution. >> right. and that's a very good point. so what we're told here at the state department is she has the most immediate objective which is to try to facilitate and help in some fashion to bring about what the state department is calling deescalation. that is the fighting stops, the firing stops, the rockets stop. and, of course, there is no invasion or anything like that. so that's number one. but number two is the state department explains that it gives space, theoretically, at least, for some of those longer, maybe medium-term to longer issues, like the blockade of gaza, which the hamas definitely wants to stop. those issues might be able to be addressed. so there is kind of, you know, short-term, medium-term and long-term would be peace between israel and the palestinians, but that's very far away. but those are the immedi
both talk to egypt. egypt now is the middle man. is clinton -- what is secretary clinton hoping to achieve in her talks with morsi? right now, we're only dealing with the cease-fire, really no long-term solution. >> right. and that's a very good point. so what we're told here at the state department is she has the most immediate objective which is to try to facilitate and help in some fashion to bring about what the state department is calling deescalation. that is the fighting stops, the...
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that's egypt. that's the egyptian border right up next to this tiny strip of land where the fighting is happening in gaza. that's why part of why this was such a big deal. egypt and israel shaking hands. thank you jimmy carter. the peace treaty between this important country, the nation of israel. but jimmy carter, it turns out, is not only the only live american historical connection to this critically-important relationship that you see diagrammed there. the president of egypt who is shaking hands with the prime minister of israel and sealing this peace treaty between these countries, this president of egypt, the handshake was in march of 1979. two and a half years later, he was assassinated. how did he come to be assassinated? it came from this guy. this guy right now is in prison in the united states in a federal prison complex in north carolina thanks to his role in the first bombing of the world trade center back in the '90s. after he called for the assassination, who made the peace deal with
that's egypt. that's the egyptian border right up next to this tiny strip of land where the fighting is happening in gaza. that's why part of why this was such a big deal. egypt and israel shaking hands. thank you jimmy carter. the peace treaty between this important country, the nation of israel. but jimmy carter, it turns out, is not only the only live american historical connection to this critically-important relationship that you see diagrammed there. the president of egypt who is shaking...
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of course washington with strong ties to israel, and then you have egypt. they already have their peace treaty with israel, 1979 camp david accord. they said they will not interrupte disrupt that peace treaty, but egypt has strong relations with hamas. hamas was born out of the muslim brotherhood. that's why much of the world is eager to see if the two countries can get together and get these two sides to stop fighting. diplomatic efforts are continuing at this hour, world. >>> and there's no word i take it, reza, whether there will be joint public statements by the egyptian president and hillary clinton? we don't have an indication one way or another yet, do we? >> reporter: the last statements we received from the president's office was that there would be a press conference. that's what we are waiting for. we anticipated in meeting to take place earlier this afternoon local time in cairo with the press conference to follow. this meeting has gone on longer than we expected. >> we'll see if they announce some sort of cease-fire or some sort of great that h
of course washington with strong ties to israel, and then you have egypt. they already have their peace treaty with israel, 1979 camp david accord. they said they will not interrupte disrupt that peace treaty, but egypt has strong relations with hamas. hamas was born out of the muslim brotherhood. that's why much of the world is eager to see if the two countries can get together and get these two sides to stop fighting. diplomatic efforts are continuing at this hour, world. >>> and...
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relations with me it gets even worse egypt want to go tremendous changes egypt will stand behind closed. one day hamas may attack israel as it did in the summer of two thousand and eight the question is how would egypt react to such a conflict that i think is an imminent threat iran is not an imminent threat. but could also be an imminent threat some believe as the situation in syria which seems to go from bad to worse with every passing day. controlled by decentralization in the messages means. the presence of terrorist groups that may operate for good steve israel meanwhile israel's most placid neighbor jordan may seem to be a better got stability but experts say that isn't so it's israel's immediate neighbor to the east that's a pantry that israel has a. relationship with it also has the longest border with and i think it is most vulnerable. to stabilizing influences from almost everywhere else from syria spillover from iraq there are very serious problems and one look at the map is enough to show that israel's position in the real. could be described as potentially problematic at be
relations with me it gets even worse egypt want to go tremendous changes egypt will stand behind closed. one day hamas may attack israel as it did in the summer of two thousand and eight the question is how would egypt react to such a conflict that i think is an imminent threat iran is not an imminent threat. but could also be an imminent threat some believe as the situation in syria which seems to go from bad to worse with every passing day. controlled by decentralization in the messages...
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your view from egypt, obviously very changed situation in egypt. fouad saying there is rhetoric in support of hamas, in the end [ inaudible ] like many here in gaza would hope. what do you see? >> i think that's right. there is only so much that egypt could do. what they're trying to do is getting more and more complicated. president mubarak used to hold himself out as a kind of honest broker between hamas and israel. he wasn't, really. he was on the israeli side, more or less, and all the discussions were handled through the intelligence agencies here within the egyptian government. now we see the intelligence agencies talking to the israeli side where they have long-standing contacts and the office of the president, president muhammed morsi of the muslim brotherhood who of course is a long-time fellow islamist ideological ally of hamas, handling the other side. so there are all these talks within the egyptian government to parallel the talks between hamas and israel. what we're seeing the egyptian government begin to do which is i think really ve
your view from egypt, obviously very changed situation in egypt. fouad saying there is rhetoric in support of hamas, in the end [ inaudible ] like many here in gaza would hope. what do you see? >> i think that's right. there is only so much that egypt could do. what they're trying to do is getting more and more complicated. president mubarak used to hold himself out as a kind of honest broker between hamas and israel. he wasn't, really. he was on the israeli side, more or less, and all...
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we saw it in egypt. how 16 egyptian soldiers were murdered because of the spillover of terrorism from gaza, ham as. >> all right. thank you very much for coming on and talking about the israeli side of this. we appreciate your time. i want now to get to the other side of the conflict and bring in the chief representative of the general delegation of the palestine liberation organization to the united states. good to talk to you, ambassador and to talk to you again. >> thank you. >> the other day when you were on this program before the cease-fire and i asked you whether you supported hamas, you said when it comes to our differences with hamas we have differences practically. this is normal. but what is happening in the gaza strip, a direct attack on innocent civilians, we're witnessing a deliberate escalation on the part of the israelis to cause as much possible civilian deaths." given that, do you think the cease-fire will last? >> well, we hope that it will last. but it was interesting listening to the
we saw it in egypt. how 16 egyptian soldiers were murdered because of the spillover of terrorism from gaza, ham as. >> all right. thank you very much for coming on and talking about the israeli side of this. we appreciate your time. i want now to get to the other side of the conflict and bring in the chief representative of the general delegation of the palestine liberation organization to the united states. good to talk to you, ambassador and to talk to you again. >> thank you....
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egypt has certainly been in the forefront of these kinds of talks? >> yeah, that's what she's doing and meeting tonight for two hours with benjamin netanyahu, the foreign minister, et cetera. and then she goes tomorrow, wednesday, to ramallah, where she meets with mahmoud abbas and then to cairo. and that's really the key, one of the keys, because the -- mohamed morsi has influence with hamas and hopefully can do something. i think that he's right. they haven't been able to really change much of anything, and now the president who didn't want to get involved for a while or found that it was kind of useless not going anyplace is involved by sending dramatically the secretary of state. >> at some point, do you see the recognition of some sort of hamas? >> no,ut i really have to disagree with my friend fuad. i don't think it's right to say barack obama is not pulled by the middle east and isn't fully committed to the same vision of peace between the israelis and the palestinians that bill clinton and george w. bush were. i think he has been stymied and
egypt has certainly been in the forefront of these kinds of talks? >> yeah, that's what she's doing and meeting tonight for two hours with benjamin netanyahu, the foreign minister, et cetera. and then she goes tomorrow, wednesday, to ramallah, where she meets with mahmoud abbas and then to cairo. and that's really the key, one of the keys, because the -- mohamed morsi has influence with hamas and hopefully can do something. i think that he's right. they haven't been able to really change...
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it can have a free life through its border with egypt that will happen is not if they got to do i would love to just stop attacking us right but ari i guess but did the same tock tick work last time in two thousand and eight for instance do you believe force will get the results you want. look we live in a tough neighborhood there is no mercy for the weak we need to understand that at the end of the day hamas is an organization that is ideologically committed to the idea that the jewish people are not equal they do not have the equal rights to have sovereignty and a state and self-determination in their homeland they deny the historic connection between the jewish people and israel they think we should have no right to be here and to be solver and to be equal this is their ideology we can only hope for several years of quiet we depend on being strong in an area where if we were only weak if we were to hand down our arms tomorrow israel would not exist we say very simply if hamas were to put down its arms there will be peace if we were asked to put down our arms there will be no israel s
it can have a free life through its border with egypt that will happen is not if they got to do i would love to just stop attacking us right but ari i guess but did the same tock tick work last time in two thousand and eight for instance do you believe force will get the results you want. look we live in a tough neighborhood there is no mercy for the weak we need to understand that at the end of the day hamas is an organization that is ideologically committed to the idea that the jewish people...
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there's a big question about the border between gaza and egypt. the agreement with that will be opened as well. >> according to a senior obama administration official, it was the president's -- president obama's two phone calls today that, quote, closed the deal. is that accurate according to your understanding of how things played out? and what did the u.s. offer to various parties in order to maybe sweeten the deal? >> well, president obama played an outstanding leadership role in helping to achieve the cease-fire. also secretary of state clinton who shuttled without stop between jerusalem and cairo and was also instrumental in achieving the agreement. the sweetener was support for israel. support for israel diplomatmatically. standing beside us. upholding our right to defend ourselves in the face of hamas terror. that was very important for us. also it's important for that iron dome missile system which you saw working, anderson, and working so outstandingly, taking down about 85% to 90% of all the incoming rockets and denying hamas the opportu
there's a big question about the border between gaza and egypt. the agreement with that will be opened as well. >> according to a senior obama administration official, it was the president's -- president obama's two phone calls today that, quote, closed the deal. is that accurate according to your understanding of how things played out? and what did the u.s. offer to various parties in order to maybe sweeten the deal? >> well, president obama played an outstanding leadership role in...
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egypt? >>guest: from egypt. that is the positive aspect, the united states saying to egypt you are responsbile. can we talk iran? that is a question we will have to see. time will tell. egypt now has the ability to come to the global stage and we are making them true to them selves. >>trace: everyone is asking, one hour into the cease-fire, how long will it last? >> more ahead on the crisis in the middle east. well look at the united states role in the negotiations. after five months on medical leave, this is now breaking, a federal investigation underway congressman jesse jackson is stepping down. the reaction in washington, dc, is next. we use this board to compare car insurance rates side by side so you get the same coverage, often for less. that's one smart board. what else does it do, reverse gravity? [ laughs ] [ laughs ] [ whooshing ] tell me about it. why am i not going anywhere? you don't believe hard enough. a smarter way to shop around. now that's progressive. call or click today.
egypt? >>guest: from egypt. that is the positive aspect, the united states saying to egypt you are responsbile. can we talk iran? that is a question we will have to see. time will tell. egypt now has the ability to come to the global stage and we are making them true to them selves. >>trace: everyone is asking, one hour into the cease-fire, how long will it last? >> more ahead on the crisis in the middle east. well look at the united states role in the negotiations. after five...
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it's going great in egypt, right, bob? great in egypt. >> bob: you have no evidence they ginned that up. ridiculous. >> eric: night of the attack i went to youtube to check it out. there were 3,000 views of that. there were more people protesting than who had seen the video at that point. >> bob: but it was broadcast -- >> dana: blame for the speech -- when you are a cabinet level officer -- you know, the other thing they said is that ambassador rice didn't have anything to do with benghazi. then why send her out to all the talk shows if she is going to be completely divorced from it? what were -- none of this make sense. believe me, when you have a breaking news event, you put the person who is most responsible and most knowledgeable on tv. it notice that none of the men stuck up for her. where is clapper? donilon? they let her, let her blame the video and they ruined her reputation. it blame the men. >> bob: they hung her out to try because nobody else would do it. hillary clinton wouldn't do it after colin powell's expe
it's going great in egypt, right, bob? great in egypt. >> bob: you have no evidence they ginned that up. ridiculous. >> eric: night of the attack i went to youtube to check it out. there were 3,000 views of that. there were more people protesting than who had seen the video at that point. >> bob: but it was broadcast -- >> dana: blame for the speech -- when you are a cabinet level officer -- you know, the other thing they said is that ambassador rice didn't have anything...
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the president was heavily involved to making calls to egypt and israel. mahmoud abbas even took middle of the night phone calls and he dispatched secretary of state hillary clinton to close the cease-fire deal, which she did with shuttle diplomacy between the west bank and cairo. joining me is republican strategist boris epstein. richard, i'll begin with you, richard graham has been a hard critic of president obama. they are now hailing the cease-fire deal. they released a statement yesterday praising prime minister benjamin netanyahu for reaching the truce. however, did you notice no mention of president obama or secretary clinton? what do you make of that? >> honestly, that statement was sad and pathetic they cannot take off the partisan blinders at a time like this. and i think what it does is it hurts their credibility going forward in the international stage. they were ones very much on susan rice's back about benghazi and the possibility of her being secretary of state. but they have showed themselves being totally incapable of displaying any object
the president was heavily involved to making calls to egypt and israel. mahmoud abbas even took middle of the night phone calls and he dispatched secretary of state hillary clinton to close the cease-fire deal, which she did with shuttle diplomacy between the west bank and cairo. joining me is republican strategist boris epstein. richard, i'll begin with you, richard graham has been a hard critic of president obama. they are now hailing the cease-fire deal. they released a statement yesterday...
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this is true in egypt and elsewhere. iran, however, sought to replace this problematic narrative, the points of tension with a super narrative, with another narrative that allows them access at least to the arab street and public opinion. and that is a narrative of resistance versus accommodation. through cultivating and access towards iran, syria, hezbollah and islamist palestinian organizations, hamas, islamic jihad and fatah, they manage to or try to present a different narrative. this is an access, resistance versus accommodation, resistance versus the traitors. and this is a narrative that had good traction, as long as the anti-israel and anti-arab, anti-u.s. pro palestinian narrative defined the arab public discourse. that was the case for a very long time tore al jazeera, what have you. and palestinians thought it's always if not the headline of the top news item, this is the first page. this, however, this narrative suffered tremendously with the advent of the awakening troubles, call it what you will. these narr
this is true in egypt and elsewhere. iran, however, sought to replace this problematic narrative, the points of tension with a super narrative, with another narrative that allows them access at least to the arab street and public opinion. and that is a narrative of resistance versus accommodation. through cultivating and access towards iran, syria, hezbollah and islamist palestinian organizations, hamas, islamic jihad and fatah, they manage to or try to present a different narrative. this is an...
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and it looks like egypt played a role here. >> and i think egypt, that is significant indeed. because there are also concerns of president morsi and the rise of the muslim brotherhood, in exactly how they would play a role. he seems to be constructive, leaving instructions he was to be woke up if president morsi wanted to talk to him. and he was, indeed, woken at 2:30 in the morning. cambodia time, for another discussion. i would think that is very encouraging for the arab spring, almost everybody is concerned, turning on its head. you have the president looking to do a deal, work with america and indeed, israel. >> it seems like although at the very beginning he made some statements that were very questionable, supporting the hamas side. it seems to me over the last couple of days he has taken a much more balanced approach, certainly more than turkey. hopefully by doing that, he freezes iran out. because i have a sense, as many do, that iran was behind a lot of it. after all, many of the missiles were iranian missiles. so if morsi can assert himself, continue to assert himsel
and it looks like egypt played a role here. >> and i think egypt, that is significant indeed. because there are also concerns of president morsi and the rise of the muslim brotherhood, in exactly how they would play a role. he seems to be constructive, leaving instructions he was to be woke up if president morsi wanted to talk to him. and he was, indeed, woken at 2:30 in the morning. cambodia time, for another discussion. i would think that is very encouraging for the arab spring, almost...
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role as a mediator a role egypt has played in the past. well there's been a lot of discussion about this here in the region i mean you need to realize that the egyptian president mohamed morsi was unable to say the word is row up until a few days ago and it actually slipped off his tongue whether it was a mistake or whether it was a test of acknowledgement of israel is something that has stood the israeli public opinion and you can see a lot of that in the commentary pages of various newspapers egypt has come to the fore it is certainly playing a central role and this has always been the intention of the egyptian leadership was to put themselves back on the map we would have seen a very different type of mediation happening if it was the former egyptian president hosni mubarak so me it's well known that he was on the side of israel he did not carry the same kind of support and he would have gone that extra mile with her months to try and broker some kind of ceasefire or perhaps try and implement what we how witnessing not all from the gove
role as a mediator a role egypt has played in the past. well there's been a lot of discussion about this here in the region i mean you need to realize that the egyptian president mohamed morsi was unable to say the word is row up until a few days ago and it actually slipped off his tongue whether it was a mistake or whether it was a test of acknowledgement of israel is something that has stood the israeli public opinion and you can see a lot of that in the commentary pages of various newspapers...
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when i speak about three state solution, i speak about jordan, egypt and israel. i do not believe this to be a palestinian state in the land of judea and somalia because what was happening today in gaza. the range of islamic radical forces. u.s. yourself, do we want to see the same happening in jerusalem? i do not. in my book i have a lot of criticism regarding the administration, but there is some good decisions to eliminate osama bin laden. i see with the leadership in action when president obama decided to kill osama bin laden. they were ordering the troops to do it. 24 hours later there is one later that condemned the u.s. for killing one of the greatest leaders. do you know who without the care? which command you, the american? was always sure of the hamas organization in gaza. we were the only one who say i'm condemning the u.s. for arab nations. on the other hand, why sending the troops to kill osama bin laden, the american administration is pressuring israel to sit down and negotiate. with some? with with the same people who prayed osama bin laden with the
when i speak about three state solution, i speak about jordan, egypt and israel. i do not believe this to be a palestinian state in the land of judea and somalia because what was happening today in gaza. the range of islamic radical forces. u.s. yourself, do we want to see the same happening in jerusalem? i do not. in my book i have a lot of criticism regarding the administration, but there is some good decisions to eliminate osama bin laden. i see with the leadership in action when president...